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Git bisect for finding the commit that introduced a bug

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Problem

A bug exists now but worked before. Need to find which commit introduced the regression across hundreds of commits.

Solution

Use git bisect: git bisect start, git bisect bad, git bisect good <known-good>. Git checks out middle commit — test and mark. Automate: git bisect run ./test-script.sh. For 1000 commits, finds bug in ~10 steps. After: git bisect reset.

Why

Binary search halves the space each step. For N commits, bisect needs log2(N) checks. Manual checking of 1000 commits takes hours; bisect takes 10 checks.

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